Knud THOMPSON (WINDINGSTAD) (SANDNESS) (STRANDE)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

The JCC record (copy in Manitowoc public library) says that Knud Sandness died on 8 April 1895 and was born on 22 June 1829.

Knud's brother Tosten had immigrated in 1849, via Wisconsin, to Decorah, Iowa. That Tosten was the father of Anne Sandness (#4574).

The Thompson (Sandness) family emigrated in 1852 via Quebec. On steamship Atlantic when it sank in Lake Erie. They survived the sinking of the steamship Atlantic in Lake Erie on their way to Wisconsin. In 1852, Knud Thompson (Sandness) (1829-1929) and Anne Torgeirsdatter Strande (1819-1889) arrived in Wisconsin with two children. Five more children were born to them in Wisconsin.

Lived in Two Rivers Twp in 1855. Worked for Two Rivers Tannery in 1856. He was farming in Gibson Twp by 1870.

Knud Thompson served in the Civil War. Enlisted as private in Co. H, 22nd Wisconsin Infantry during Civil War, 5/01/1865 to 17/05/65. Transferred to 3rd Regiment.

His surname was listed as Windingstad or Vindingstad in Church Book records. His birth and christening records are found in Slidre Kirkebok No. 2, p. 329, Births, and on microfilm reel of Ø. Slidre Kirkebok, p. 336, reel # 0125644. His vaccination record is found in Slidre Kirkebok No. 4, p. 186, Vaccinations, #81, 6 Dec. 1843. His confirmation record is in Slidre Kirkebok No. 4 (Hegge, Rogne, Volbu), 1831-1848, p. 115, Confirmations,#37, 27 July 1845. Marriage record is in Ø. Slidre Kirkebok No. 1 (1849-1874), p. 171, Marriages. Emigration date of 1 April 1852 listed in Ø. Slidre Kirkebok No. 1, p. 241, #43), with wife Anne Torgersd. (#44), daughter Ingeborg (#45) and son Thomas (#46). Name on emigration record is Knud Thomassen Vindingstad. (Statsarkivet, Hamar)

Jim Ellingboe says: The Thompson (Sandness) family came from the adjoining {to Vang i Valdres} county of East Slidre. Last year I visited the ruins of the house on the farm Sannes (Sandness) on Windingstad where they lived in before leaving Norway.

Named Knut Sandness in burial record. Knud and Anne are buried in the Jambo Creek Cemetery. There is some confusion regarding the inscription on the gravestone of both Knud and Anne Thompson. "HUSTRUTIL " means "wife of". A separate entry for Anne based on Jambo Creek Church records is mistakenly read as 7 Dec. 1889, whereas it should be 1 Dec. 1889 and the age should be 71, not 78. This is the same as the information on the stone, i.e., not a separate person. Knud is listed in the Jambo Creek Church burial records as "Knud Sandness".

Birth:
Windingstad. 22 Jun 1829 in Jambo Creek Church burial record.

Knud married Anne Torgeirsdotter STRANDE (TÜF) on 27 Dec 1850 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Anne (daughter of Torgeir Torgeirsen TÜF and Anne Knudsdotter KAARSTAD) was born on 16 Feb 1821 in Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 1 Dec 1889 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 4 Dec 1889 in Jambo Creek Cemetery, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
As 29 year-old Knud Thomassen Vindingstad and 22 year-old Anne Torgersdatter.

1. Ingeborg (Emma) Knutsdotter THOMPSON was born on 26 May 1850 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 24 Feb 1909 in Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; was buried on 27 Feb 1909 in Jambo Creek Cemetery, Gibson Twp, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.
2. Thomas THOMPSON was born on 16 Jan 1852 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway.
3. Knut THOMPSON was born on 31 Aug 1854 in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 24 May 1943 in Wisconsin Rapids, Wood County, Wisconsin; was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Marshfield, Wood County, Wisconsin.
4. Anna THOMPSON was born on 22 Sep 1855 in Town of Eaton, Brown County, Wisconsin; died on 12 Oct 1929 in De Pere, Brown County, Wisconsin; was buried in Brillion Village Cemetery, Brillion, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
5. Torger (Tyler) THOMPSON was born on 1 Mar 1857 in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin; died on 23 Jun 1914; was buried in Mound Cemetery, Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin.
6. Edward THOMPSON was born about 1862 in Wisconsin; died in Unknown.
7. Caroline Maria THOMPSON was born on 6 Oct 1864.
8. Serina THOMPSON was born on 20 Jul 1866 in Wisconsin; died in Unknown.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

Listed as Tommes Iversson, age 20, under Alfstad, in the 1801 Census. His father was at Alfstad in 1787. There may be a family connection to Alfstad.

Vang og Slire p. 739, SannesØystre Slidre B, p. 35, Sannes

Knutson Montgomery Family Tree has his birth date as 1788.

Thomas married Ingeborg Larsdotter WINDINGSTAD about 1820 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. Ingeborg (daughter of Lars Olsen WINDINGSTAD and Kari Tostensdotter) was born on 20 Apr 1794 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; was christened on 14 May 1794 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; died on 22 Jan 1864 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 18 Feb 1864 in Volbu, Øystre Slidre, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housekeeper

Notes:

Knutson Montgomery Family Tree has her birth date as 1792.

Birth:
Windingstad 33/12 Bakken, Ø.S. See also 1801 Census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

He lived in various places in Øystre Slidre, -- at Alfstad in 1787 and at Sæle in 1791, and didn't come to Sannes before ca.1793-1794. He was then a man in his 60's. In the 1801 Census he is 64 years old, in first marriage with Rangdi Tostensdotter, age 49, with three daughters -- Sigre (13), Inge (10) and Ragnild (6).,

The French Family Tree has him as Iver Knudsen Skammestein, b. 19 Dec 1739 in Skammesteen, Hegge.

Buried:
age 76

Iver married Ragnild Tostensdotter SKAMMESTEIN (DALE ?) on 16 Jul 1775 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Ragnild (daughter of Torstein Svensen HEGGE and Marit Nielsdatter LIEN) was born about 1752 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died in ? 4 Oct 1810. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is the second Ragnhild born to Torsten and Marit. The first was born and died in 1745.

The French Family Tree disagrees entirely with the ancestry of Ragnild shown here. dwfrench1 calls her Ragnild Tostensdatter Dahle, b. 1753 in Skolte in Dale in Hegge, with her parents being Tosten Findsen Dahle (1716-1755) and Sigrid Nielsdatter Skolt (1719-1782).

Died:
62 years.

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Married:
Engaged 25 Feb 1775

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Han skal ha skutt en bjørn. Det fortelles at en gutt frahovedbole på Windingstad kom til Maradokke og skulle hente enhest som gikk der med et foll. Da han kom dit så han en bjørnsom å† og åt på follet. Gutten ble livredd og kom seg opp i ettre og ropte så hoyt han kunne: "Lars, Lars kom og skyt'n" Larsi Bakka horte ropene og fikk skutt Bjørnen og reddet livet tilgutten. Noen forteller historien litt annerledes, bl.a. slikat Lars brukte follet som bjørnen hadde drept som åte på, ogdermed fikk has på bamsen

Lars married Kari Tostensdotter on 14 Oct 1784 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Kari was born about 1751; died in Apr 1813 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; was buried on 10 Apr 1813 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She is I209 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree.

Her parentage was confusing to Jim and he showed no parents for her in his tree but did offer this comment:

“She was listed as 50 years old in the 1801 census, indicating that she was born in about 1750 - 1751, but listed as age 56 at time of death in 1813, indicating that she was born in 1757.

“On p. 658 of V&S a Lars Olsen Veningstad is said to have married Kari, who is said to have been a daughter of Gølik Knutson Lien (nørre I) and Kari Hansdotter [Beito?] (her second marriage). But -- the engagement record for Lars Olsen and Kari in 1784 gives her father's name as Thorsten, and all the baptism records for her children give her name as Thorsten (Tosten). Could she have been a daughter from the first marriage of Kari Hansdotter or could Tore Ey just be wrong about her father's name? Lars' mother was from Løken, where the church book record states that Lars and Kari were engaged.

“From naming tradition, her mother's name was probably Berit. I could find only two couples by the names of Tosten and Berit who were having children in this time period in Slidre -- Torsten Johanneson Bettoe and Beraette Laersdotter, and Torsten Knutson Bettoe and Beraette Gudliksdotter. Only two church book entries for baptisms were found for each of these couples, but neither was for a daughter named Kari. It is likely that there were more children who were not recorded.”

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Married:
engaged 14 Feb 1784

Torstein married Marit Nielsdatter LIEN in 1742 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. Marit was born about 1710 in Øystre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway; died on 2 Oct 1791 in Vestre Slidre i Valdres, Oppland, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

She is I5280 in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. In that tree he has her dying in Øystre Slidre in “probably” in November of 1797 and buried in December of that year.

She is just Marit Nilsdatter, I17494, in Jim’s VS in an older record than the one in Jim’s Ellingboe tree. In that tree, Jim shows her as born in about 1715 and dying 2 Oct 1791 on Jarstad 47/1 Nordre in Vestre Slidre. She married Jøger Halvorsen Jarstad after Torstein Svensen died in 1761.

In neither tree does Jim show any information on her parents.

Sara Alvstad calls her Marit Nielsdatter Hegge and has her born on Lien in Hegge in 1710 and dying on Jarstad in Slidre on 2 Dec 1797.

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Married:
Hegge

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Died:
age 82

Buried:
age 82